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[@shiaikeisatsukan7650]

Dear Peter Robinson, I am from Germany, I was born after President Reagan held that speech and I have tears in my eyes every time I see it. On this occasion, I would like to thank you for righting this speech. I sincerely believe that the world we live in today would not be a better place without it. Thank you very much and thank the Hoover Institution for its great work.

[@GirlRicho]

I’ve heard Peter tell this story before and I have NEVER forgotten it. It’s had such a profound impact on my knowledge & understanding. I retell this story of Peter Robinson’s all the time. It’s SO important people understand this history.

[@Dfcameron13]

I visited Warsaw in 2014. They have a bust of Reagan in a public place. The people I work with there found him inspiring and many believe would not have had the opportunity they’ve had without this conviction

[@glennmitchell9107]

A way to instill confidence in people is to demand responsibility from them. Too many Americans decline to be responsible for anything. Even worse too many Americans expect too little responsibility from their fellow Americans. As Jordan Peterson reminds us, for those who have no other purpose in life, responsibility gives you a purpose whether you want one or not.

[@origami7899]

This is great, I'm of German heritage, your perspective on this heritage is very interesting, important and instructive. Please keep these type of discussions coming.

[@jasonklien5569]

Amazing how colin Powell's memo dismisses the speech as mediocre and a missed opportunity and now decades later the same description applies to colin Powell's career.

[@lawjef]

It is quite amusing to review the quotes in the prior decades where they say “but Powell had this opinion”. It used to carry a lot of weight, not so much anymore

[@jimcarnicom9417]

No, President Reagan threw the ball right down the middle of the plate, for a game ending strikeout that day, and everyone knows it, including the Jamaican.

[@zitools]

powell's obsolescence still stings.

[@gianfrancobenetti-longhini8192]

The point of "self respect" of one's Country, is for the listener the most significant part of this presentation. Trump's "Make America Great Again", was for me, living in Italy, the right ROAD to follow. A pity that many Americans are following the Pied Piper of Communism, not realizing what leftist policies have done to so many countries. When much younger, I too, had leanings towards what I called "Ideal Socialism", only to discover all it's applied weaknesses. THANK YOU for a great presentation.

[@kingcrazymani4133]

Probably the greatest one liner written since “finest hour”. Peter gets a perpetual A+ for that one line. I used it a few times per day for years. Context different. Wall different. But in the context I was in 2003-2007, it was hilarious to recall the line. And the Gipper never failed so far as I know, to deliver a great line superbly. HR, given his love of tanks, is right. The one-liner set a direction in an integrated system. The Gipper gave the direction and got out of the way. Orders from senior commanders and the defense industry executives had just a little more oomph at the time, many had just a little more spring in their step, a bit like having a great marching song. Nobody was laughing any more at John Lehman’s 600 ship Navy speech, for either reason they had been laughing.

[@craigross341]

My uncle - who served in Berlin - gave me an "Allied Staff Berlin" sweatshirt, with the US/British/French flags on it. It gives you some indication of how the world has changed that when I wear it to the gym people look annoyed. They seem to have forgotten who the good guys were.

[@Chris29671]

Excellent point. Also worth noting that since the wall came down in 1989, the world has been immersed in interventionist wars and the Project for the New American Century culture. Connection?

[@lawjef]

Ah, there you go again applying logic when most people are using their political partisanship to determine their actions

[@jonnywatts2970]

Mass new respect for the role you played in that moment. You sir are a good person. I salute you sir!

[@Chris29671]

A singular honour to have coined one of the 20th century's most eponymous and memorable lines "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Reagan's June 12 1987 speech was right up there with Churchill's speech of August 20 1940 Congratulations for being a part of history!

[@wrwinter]

simply (not simplistically) put, Peter and Reagan are heroes

[@lawjef]

If you think the wall came down because of a single speech…. read a textbook. Did it help? Perhaps. Was it the reason why the USSR and its totalitarian regime was an unmitigated failure? Unlikely

[@wrwinter]

​@@lawjef I don't think that. but thanks anyway for your simplistic take

[@fretnottrustingod5053]

@@lawjef Watch @26:00 again ! Explains why churches were shut down for Covid-19(84).

[@thetruth7633]

We are better off with walls and borders

[@fretnottrustingod5053]

26:00 shows why churches were shut down for CV19(84).

[@lawjef]

Is there a reason the good fellows haven’t uploaded a video since their last *amazingly* insightful last video? Have they been canceled?

[@bobbinsthethird]

Seems like they missed last friday. Hopefully there's a new episode tomorrow

[@catsaresocute650]

How would that even work?

[@cosimoto]

The Good Fellows are taking a few weeks off, but they’ll be back with a new show before the end of the month. We’ll be on an abbreviated schedule through the summer and will return to a weekly schedule in the fall. Thanks for watching! SJI, EP of Uncommon Knowledge/Good Fellows.

[@lawjef]

@@cosimoto makes sense. I completely forgot that school schedules are a thing. Adjusting to “normal” is gonna take some time.

[@Martin-qm2lg]

Keep talking about this speech and it’s pivotal historic significance in helping change the world for the better.

[@fretnottrustingod5053]

Amen! Like sunlight to awaken even the blue koolaid zombies.

[@pescando]

Huh, so I’m as old as this legendary line.

[@thomassenbart]

When I was in Germany at this time, all my German neighbors believed that the country would never be reunited. I argued with them about this but no one believed unification was possible. Almost all of the Germans at this time were anti Reagan and previously millions protested against us and our placement of intermediate nuclear missiles in Germany. Reagan was ridiculed as a reckless cowboy who was going to start WWIII. Reagan gave this speech, bankrupted the USSR via the Star-wars program and rolled back communism and liberated Eastern Europe at the same time.

[@BLD426]

That's a President!!

[@catsaresocute650]

Politily asked, have you noticed that the other countries in say the EU are not exactly asking for more leadership?

[@mediterra1]

It's not Fox News all day (other than maybe Tucker and Hannity), it's Bongino and other true conservatives -- on Rumble and Parler, Gab, etc.

[@dcooper6142]

Funny, I posted the same thing basically, then scrolled down and saw your comment. I was born in ‘78. I am at the top of a new group of Conservatives coming up. These guys are smart, but they are outdated.

[@fretnottrustingod5053]

Try Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. Some folks don't like her voice but her brain is excellent.

[@dongaetano3687]

First: Interesting - Enlightening - Inspiring appreciation for a Great man, of whom I heard an NPR host born in the 50's, describe as, "...an aging actor reciting his lines." A very sad and shameful state of mind for a man surely poisoned by Progressive political thought. Second: My Credentials - Hours of Hoover * UKN Sowell my favorite * The Good Fellas (whom I call Honorary Pisans * Other Hoover programs * Hillsdale Free Online Courses and speeches * Other great conservative venues. Third: One Comment - All good, great actually and agree with HR that we need to revive a Healthy National Pride for all the good we have done while teaching as someone else said we have had tragic incidents in our history. Rhetoric + Action as HR said - But: My question to HR and you all is what action do we immediately take to dispel the anti American sentiments now espoused by Academia * Giant Corporations with Social Platforms * An anti-American bias (to include Israel) right in our Congress and Senate * Mainstream media * Assault on the moral of our troops due to the Sec of Defense's woke policies * A White House and Cabinet with many of the ills just mentioned and seemingly thus far to be, mostly incompetent? Again, what is our battle plan to win back the realization of truth about our great republic, Not Perfect but Good * Very Good * and dispel the false narrative. I think you all should start working behind the scenes to create a comprehensive Battle Plan * Circulate it through the good Conservative venues * and unite the splintered conservative venues to put forth a powerful message of freedom and hope and love of country, America * still, "the last best hope of earth". Thanks again for another wonderful program.

[@fretnottrustingod5053]

You ask, "What action do we take to dispel Anti-American sentiment?" We each have unique opportunities, depending on our strengths & contacts, be it school board meetings, church or our mechanic. Faith & Courage!

[@williambecker470]

The Berlin wall was important physically, as well as psychologically it was the only city that was divided physically by the cold war and it helped their economy

[@petersellers9219]

This video was mediocre and a missed opportunity. I loved it.👍

[@dcooper6142]

I think you were wrong on that last segment/question. Half the country is watching liberal mainstream media, the other half (aged under 50), are turning to things like this. Conservatives really don’t care about Fox now, outside of Tucker, we find our news elsewhere!

[@eugenewu2202]

Honey voice with hidden Sword.this was an actor's Appearance.

[@piretveski9399]

If Americans have Trump in White House , we can think abuot Chinas Wall......

[@richardfrench2863]

Only a fifth? What were the others waiting for, a lighting bolt ?

[@alterego157]

Gorbachev - the fool of the century 😂

[@GlassDragon0069]

Wall came down but a large vacuum was made to give them jobs so they didn’t get filled with Blake market world mods

[@mi8344]

Would so love to see Dictator Xi Jinping face President Reagan.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Now explain how we went from cheering walls being torn down to demanding walls be thrown up.

[@saltburner2]

Easy: The Berlin wall was to keep people in, the US Border wall was to keep people out. Those in the White House who opposed Peter's speech were seized by what Thomas Sowell calls 'The Vision of the Anointed' - it has been responsible for most of America's present ills.

[@lawjef]

Walls to keep citizens in, versus walls to stop non-citizens trying to usurp foreigners who are willing to go through a legal process. Yeah, totally the same thing

[@fretnottrustingod5053]

@ Tadicuslegion. So you'd like being locked up behind barbed wire, a wall & armed guards ready to shoot you if you left your barren corral?

[@successandlifestyle]

The problem of this speech is that it's not woke enough 🙄🙄🙄😒😒🤪